The Canoodlers, who wear old-fashioned orange life preservers and do dance routines with wooden canoe paddles, dress as beavers for this year’s parade. They won second place in the competitive independent walking group category, edging out the ever-popular Lawn Chair Ladies.
(Enterprise photo — Lou Reuter)

Not all of the wildlife seen at Saturday’s parade is native to the Adirondacks — for example, these giraffes and dinosaur riders.
(Enterprise photo — Justin A. Levine)

Aggie Pelletieri, dressed as a deer, jumps for joy as she marches with the Kiwanis Club of Saranac Lake float in the Saranac Lake Winter Carnival Gala Parade Saturday. Kiwanis won two trophies: one for best civic/volunteer group float and the Louis Fobare Memorial Trophy for the best float in the parade.
(Enterprise photo — Lou Reuter)

A tree — possibly an ent, a fictional tree-like creature from J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Rings” — walks with the Kiwanis Club of Saranac Lake’s float in the parade. (Enterprise photo — Justin A. Levine)

Members of the Kiwanis Club of Saranac Lake hold the Louis Fobare Memorial Trophy for the best float in the parade, awarded to them at the Harrietstown Town Hall. From left are Keith Freeman, Ricky Sullivan, Jason Borden and Aggie Pelletieri.
(Enterprise photo — Chris Knight)

The Adirondack Chapter of the Nature Conservancy’s entry included a nesting osprey with moving wings and tail. Co-creators Mark Wilson (driving) and Peter Dupree are in the car controlling the moving limbs. The Nature Conservancy won the trophy for best business group float.
(Enterprise photo — Chris Knight)

The Kranker family of Saranac Lake — Schuyler as a moose, his sister Summer and their father as an angry chef — won first place among independent group floats in Saturday’s Gala Parade, the peak event of the annual Saranac Lake Winter Carnival.
(Enterprise photo — Chris Knight)

The Historic Saranac Lake and Trudeau Institute entry in this year’s parade pays tribute to Martha Reben of Saranac Lake, whose 1950s book “The Healing Woods” was a national best-seller. The parade group dressed as Mr. Dooley, Reben’s pet duck. Their float also honored Fred Rice, the Adirondack guide who drew Reben to try wilderness therapy for her tuberculosis.
(Enterprise photo — Chris Knight)

Fish were among the artistic animal masks worn by the group from BluSeed Studios and Saranac Lake ArtWorks, which won the first-place trophy for business walking group.
(Enterprise photo — Justin A. Levine)

Charlie’s Inn, of Lake Clear, won second place among business floats for its giant bald eagle nest.
(Enterprise photo — Lou Reuter)

Fish were among the artistic animal masks worn by the group from BluSeed Studios and Saranac Lake ArtWorks, which won the first-place trophy for business walking group.
(Enterprise photo — Justin A. Levine)

The Canoodlers, who wear old-fashioned orange life preservers and do dance routines with wooden canoe paddles, dress as beavers for this year’s parade. They won second place in the competitive independent walking group category, edging out the ever-popular Lawn Chair Ladies.
(Enterprise photo — Lou Reuter)

Charlie’s Inn, of Lake Clear, won second place among business floats for its giant bald eagle nest.
(Enterprise photo — Lou Reuter)

The Cycling Murrays, hailing from Massachusetts and Vermont, are a staple of the Winter Carnival parade
(Enterprise photo — Chris Knight)

Members of the Kiwanis Club of Saranac Lake hold the Louis Fobare Memorial Trophy for the best float in the parade, awarded to them at the Harrietstown Town Hall. From left are Keith Freeman, Ricky Sullivan, Jason Borden and Aggie Pelletieri.
(Enterprise photo — Chris Knight)

Not all of the wildlife seen at Saturday’s parade is native to the Adirondacks — for example, these giraffes and dinosaur riders.
(Enterprise photo — Justin A. Levine)

The Historic Saranac Lake and Trudeau Institute entry in this year’s parade pays tribute to Martha Reben of Saranac Lake, whose 1950s book “The Healing Woods” was a national best-seller. The parade group dressed as Mr. Dooley, Reben’s pet duck. Their float also honored Fred Rice, the Adirondack guide who drew Reben to try wilderness therapy for her tuberculosis.
(Enterprise photo — Chris Knight)

Aggie Pelletieri, dressed as a deer, jumps for joy as she marches with the Kiwanis Club of Saranac Lake float in the Saranac Lake Winter Carnival Gala Parade Saturday. Kiwanis won two trophies: one for best civic/volunteer group float and the Louis Fobare Memorial Trophy for the best float in the parade.
(Enterprise photo — Lou Reuter)

A tree — possibly an ent, a fictional tree-like creature from J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Rings” — walks with the Kiwanis Club of Saranac Lake’s float in the parade. (Enterprise photo — Justin A. Levine)

The Kranker family of Saranac Lake — Schuyler as a moose, his sister Summer and their father as an angry chef — won first place among independent group floats in Saturday’s Gala Parade, the peak event of the annual Saranac Lake Winter Carnival.
(Enterprise photo — Chris Knight)

The Adirondack Chapter of the Nature Conservancy’s entry included a nesting osprey with moving wings and tail. Co-creators Mark Wilson (driving) and Peter Dupree are in the car controlling the moving limbs. The Nature Conservancy won the trophy for best business group float.
(Enterprise photo — Chris Knight)